Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
Talk about repressed memories coming back to me suddenly, but anyone who was a kid during the N64’s lifespan will likely remember the brash commercials Nintendo aired. One of the more obscure was for the 1998 classic Banjo-Kazooie. A brief 30-second ad had some men camping in the forest and…
According to gaming journalist Liam Robertson, the toys-to-life juggernaut that is Skylanders may have just been put on hold indefinitely. With lower than expected sales figures from the Imaginators line, underwhelming performance of the new Netflix series Skylanders Academy, and a plethora of young people turning to mobile games as…
Older Gen Pokémon continue to swarm the Badge Arcade today, mostly fan favorites from both the Unova and Kalos regions. Personally, I’d still recommend prioritizing the all new Alola region pocket monsters before they disappear on Thursday. Check out everything that’s new below: Free play?: Yup! Marowak in particular…
Those who have been anticipating the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will vividly remember the tease at the Game Awards 2014, where Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto presented some off-screen gameplay of the as-of-then unnamed title. It’s been a long road of delays and confusion since, but it…
We’re slowly but surely approaching the Nintendo Switch event that will be broadcast out of Tokyo on January 12th. Now, more of Nintendo’s plans are coming to light, with the Tokyo stream being followed by a hands-on private event in New York the next day. While specifics haven’t been revealed…
Are you ready to see some punches thrown? Fight 31 of Season 2 is ready and waiting! Watch the Golden Gunners, the Silver Swordsmen and the Bronze Brawlers duke it out in the latest battle. Check out the fight below! Help support Mii V Mii on the MiiTJ Patreon.
It looks like Pokémon as a franchise is still going strong, with latest entries Sun & Moon becoming the Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the UK following their release last Wednesday. While sales monitor GFK Chart-Track does not publicly state sales figures they do reveal that the games broke Nintendo’s…
Following in the footsteps of Darkrai, Scizor and Croagunk, another new playable character is set to be revealed for the arcade version of Pokken Tournament. The news was made public via the official Pokkén Tournament Twitter account. 10月の「ハッサム」、11月の「グレッグル」に続き、12月にも新たなバトルポケモンが参戦することが決定！気になるその正体は、公式サイトにて12月1日に発表予定！ #ポッ拳 pic.twitter.com/tit8tiKnE2 — ポッ拳 公式アカウント (@pokken_official) November 28, 2016 As with previous new…
The time travel Pokémon Celebi joins yet another batch of Gen VI Pixel Pokémon in today’s Badge Arcade update! Make sure you prioritize accordingly and keep chipping away at the all new Alola region pocket monsters currently featured through next Thursday. Free play? Nope, and that makes Jigglypuff hot…
A brand new figure featuring Ash riding Charizard was on display at Mega Hobby Expo Autumn in Japan. The prototype of the figure, part of MegaHouse’s G.E.M. series, is rather large and features Ash and Pikachu on the back of Ash’s Charizard. The figure has been said to release in…
Within the last two weeks we saw the announcement of the Game Awards nominees and the subsequent removal of two entries for the “Best Fan Creation” category – Pokémon Uranium and AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake). While it’s pretty easy to figure out what happened, considering Nintendo is a sponsor…
The official Super Mario Maker for 3DS web page is now live in North America. The page gives some in-depth details on how the game will function and also includes some additional features like a wallpaper creation tool and a series of Mary O. Comics. You can check it out…
A large update to Niantic Labs’s Pokémon GO could be on the horizon, which would introduce Gen II monsters, player-versus-player battling, trading and more to the mobile game. The rumor is being reported by VentureBeat, which claims that people associated with Pokémon GO tracker PokéVS have found code within the…
